Knockdown doll-house



C. J. SCHMITT AND K. R. SCHUNDLER.

KNocKnowN noLL House.

APPLICATION EILED APR.|8.1919.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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' `KNocKnowN DOLL HOUSE.

APPLICATION `IILEI') APR. I8. 1919.

* UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

CARL J. SCHMITT AND KARL n. SCHUNDLEE', or BROOKLYN, NEW Tonk.

KNOCKDOWN DOLL-HOUSE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CARL J SoHMrr'n a citizen of the United States, and a resi dent of the city of New York, .borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, and KARL ROBERT SCHUND- LER, a citizen of Germany, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklllyn,l ew

. dwelling, such as a kitchen, sitting room and bedroom, for instance. Another object vis to permita child to readily assemble the various elements of the units without the aid of a grown-up person. Another object is to enable a child to completely close the doll house by the use of removable front walls. Another object is to provide a sim,- ple or a more elaboratev doll house, the simple doll house being without a roof and front Walls while the more elaborate doll house is provided with both.

With these and other objects in view, the invention. consists of certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention `from the other;

Fig. 45 is a rear elevation 'of one 'of the back walls;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section of one Specification of Letters Patent. Patented M3119, 192.0 Application led April 18, 1919. l Serial No. 290,972.

l of portions of adjacent roomy units with parts in section showing the dowel pin con-v nection between the viioors of adjacent units Fig. 9 is a rear face view of one .end of a. sill; and 1 Fig. 10 is an end view ofthe same.

The knockdown doll house in its general construction comprises room units, of which the three units 10, 11 and 12 are shown, for instance, in Figs. 1, 2and 3, the said units being detachably connected with each other.

Each unit is formed of elements of Wood,

pasteboa'rd or other sheet material, and connected with each other by exceedingly .sim-

ple means to allow convenient assembling or disassembling of the elements by a child without the aid of a grown-up person. The units 10, 11 and 12 shown in the draw! ings are decorated interiorly to represent a kitchen, a living room and a bedroom, and the said units are intended to be furnished accordingly to suit the taste and'means of the owner.

Each of the room units 10, 11 and 12 comprises a floor 13 and a back wall 14', and the room units V10 and 12 have end walls 15 and transverse partitions or end walls .16 dividing the units into different rooms. The floors 13 of thel several units are detach-v ably fastened together at adjacent sides by dowelpin 20 to serve to hold the ioors on the same Alevel and to prevent lateral displacement of'the ioors. Adjacent oors 13 are detachably connectedwith each other at ltheir upper surfaces by suitable fastening devices such as hooks 21 and pinsf22, of which the hook is pivoted on one Hoor and the pin is attached to the other floor, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. .It is understood that by this arrangement the floors are held properly joined together so as to present a continuous unbroken floor surface throughout the several units'. The back walls 14 are connected with each other by suitable fastening devices extending across the joints of the said back walls (see Fig. 3) and each fastening device is preferably in the form of a hook 23 and a pin 24, of which the hook 23 yis fulcrumed on the rearI face of one b'ack wall and adapted to hook onto a pin 24 held on the rear face of the adjacent 2) are used back wall. Dowels 27 (see k u 14 ac wa s for detachably connecting the with each other. l

The end walls 15 and the'transverse partitions 16 are provided at their bottoms Withapertured tenons 25 extending through openings formed in the oors 13, and into the openingsfor the `said tenons 25 are pushed pins 26 engaging the under sides' the outer sides of the floors 13- of the units j 10 and 12while the openings forathe tenons 25 of the partitions 16 are halved in the adjacent sides of the floors 13 of the units 10,

v 1l and11, 12, as will be readily understood by reference to iFig. 8. The rear edges of the end walls 15 and the partitions 16 are provided with similar apertured tenons 30 extending through openings in the back walls 14 and-the said tenons are engaged by pins 31 adapted to rest against the rear face of the back walls 14 thus securely fastening the rear walls in position on the end walls 15 and the partitions 16. It is understood that the tenons 30 for the end walls 15 extend through apertures 32 formed near the outer sides of the back walls 14 of the units 10 and 12, while the tenons 30 for the par titions 16. pass through openings 33 halved in the adjacent side edges of the back walls 14 for the units 10, 11 and 11, 12 (see Fig. 5). It will be noticed that the partitions 16 extend over the joints between adjacent ioors and the joints between the adjacent back walls 14 thus forming an additional means for securely holding the elements of the several units in assembled position. The end Walls 15 are preferably provided .with window. openings 40 and ysimilar window n openings 41 are arranged in the back walls. 14. '.The partitions 1 6 'are preferably provided with door openings 42 to connect the units interiorly with each other.

The construction so 'far set forth provides for a doll house of simple construction, that is, one without a roof'or frontwalls, and for more elaborate and expensive doll houses use is made of a roof 50, a front wall 51, a coping 52 and a front sill 53 for each unit. The roofs 50 for the several unitsirest on the top of the back walls 14, the end walls 15 and the partitions 16, and the adjacent sides of the roofs 50 are detachably fastened together by suitable fastening devices such as hooks 54 and'pins 55, of which the hooks 54`are fulcrumed on one roof and the pins 55 are ailixed to the other roof, as plainly shown inFig. 1.

IThe front wall 51 is mounted to slide sidewise in suitable guideways 60 and 61, of which the guideway 60 is formed in the under side of the coping 52 and the guideway 51 is formed in the top of the front sill 53. .The coping 52 is provided at its rear face with a lengthwise extending groove 62 into which is glued the front edge of the corresponding roof 50, as plainly shown in rig. e. The front Siu 531s provided at its rear lface with a lengthwise extending Agroove 63 detachably fitting on to the front edge of the corresponding floor 13 (see Fig. 6). -The rear faces ofthe sills 53 for the units 10 and 12 are provided near their outer ends with notches 65 fitting onto the front edges of the" end walls 15, and the inner ends of the sills 53 for the units 10 and 12 and both ends of the sill 53 for the unit 11 are provided with registering half notches 66 adapted to fit the front edges vof the partitions 16. The adjacent ends of the sills 53 are provided with dowel pins "(0 and 71 engaging corresponding recesses 72, 73 formed in the adjacent ends of the sills 53, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 9. The inner faces of the coping 52 are provided with half notches .(not shown) similar to the notches 65 and 66 for engaging the front edges of the end walls 15 and the partitions 16.

The front walls 51 for the units 10 and -end units 10 and 12 are provided with battens 86 to give a proper finish to the front walls and to form a handle for conveniently sliding the front walls in or out of position. From the foregoing it will be seen that the'several .units are detachably connected withl each other to provide a single structure, and the several units can be readily disconnected one from the other and the elements vof each unit-can be conveniently de tached one from the other to allow of superimposing the elements and packing the same in `a suitable box or boxes'for storage or shipping purposes; v j

It lis understood that in order to unfasten the severalparts it is only necessary to disengage the various hooks 21, 23 and 54 from their pins 22, 24 and 55 and to remove the locking pins 26 and 31 to permit of readily disconnecting the various elements. It will further be noticed that exceedingly simple fastening and connecting means are employed'to enable a child to readily assemble and fasten the elements together without the aid of a grown-up person. f

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patent l 1. A doll house, comprising at least two room units and a transverse partition between adjacent units, each unit having a on the said coping and sill, and fastening means detachably fastening the said elements of the units and the partition together.

2; A doll house, comprising at least two room units and a partition common to both units, each unit having a floor, a back wall, an end wall and a transverse partition between the units and covering the joints of adjacent floors and back walls, fastening means fastening the fioors detachably together, fastening means fastening the back Walls detachably with each other, fastening means fastening the end wall detachably to the floors and detachably to the back Walls, and fastening means fastening the partition detachably to the adjacent floors and the adjacent back walls.

3. A doll house, comprising at least two room units and a partition common to both units, each unit having a floor, a back wall and an end wall, the said partition extending transversely between the units and covering the floor and back Wall joints, the ad- Vjacent ends of the doors-having dowel pin connections, the `rear edges and bottoms of the said end walls andv partition having apertured tenons and the Hooi-s and back Walls having-openings for receiving the tenons, and locking pins extending through the tenons and restlng against the floors and rear walls.

4. A doll house, comprising at least twou room units and a partition common to adjacent units, each unit having a floor, a back wall, an end Wall, a roof, a sill held detachably on the front edge of the floor, a coping held on the front vedge of the roof, and front walls, one for each unit and slidable on the said coping and sill. A

5. A doll house, comprising a floor, end

Walls detachably fastened to the said floor,

a back wall detachably fastened to the said Hoor and end walls, a roof resting lon the said end walls and the back wall, a coping connected with the front edge of the said roof and provided at its under side. with a guideway, a sill detachably` connected with the front edge of the said fioor and provided at the top with a guideway, and a front wall slidably connected with the said coping and` sill.

6.` A doll house, comprising a plurality of floor sections, and walls detachably secured to the end floor sections, a plurality of back wall sections detachably secured to the floor sections and end walls, a roof resting Aon the end walls and the backwall sections, partitions secured to the floor and back wall secv tions and covering the joints of the said sections, a coping secured to the front edge of the roof and having a guideway on its underside, a sill secured to thev front edge of the oor and provided in its top wlth a guideway, and a plurality of front wall sectionsslidable in the guideways of the coping and sill.

` CARL J SCHMITT.

KARL R. SCHUNDLER. l 

